Psalms 10:8

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He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

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  • Hab 3:14 : 14 With his own weapons You pierced the heads of his warriors, who came like a storm to scatter me, gloating as though ready to devour the afflicted in secret.
  • Luke 8:1 : 1 Soon afterward, Jesus traveled through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him.
  • Luke 10:1 : 1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go.
  • 1 Sam 22:18 : 18 The king then commanded Doeg, 'Turn and strike down the priests!' So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin he caused Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Ps 17:11 : 11 They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
  • Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;
  • Prov 6:12-13 : 12 A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth, 13 winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, pointing with his fingers.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

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  • Job 18:8-10
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    26Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

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